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Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker, 2008
Born	August 2, 1964 (1964-08-02) (age 45) Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Domestic partner(s)	Billy Crudup (1996–2003) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (2006–2008)

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress. Some of her roles include Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the Side, Proof, The West Wing, Angels in America, and her current lead role on Showtime's television series Weeds portraying Nancy Botwin.

Contents 1 Early life and 1980s 2 1990s 3 2001–2003 4 2004–2006 5 2007–2009 6 Personal life 7 Works 7.1 Filmography 7.2 Theatre 7.3 Other 8 Awards 9 References 10 External links

Early life and 1980s

Parker was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Her mother was Swedish and her father was a judge and served in the U.S. Army. They were stationed in Thailand where she attended the International School Bangkok.¹² Parker majored in drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She then got her start in a bit part on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. In the late 1980s, Parker moved to New York, where she got a job measuring feet at ECCO. After a few minor roles, she made her Broadway debut in a 1990 production of Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss, playing the lead role of Rita. She had moved with the production when it transferred from its origin Off-Broadway. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance and was nominated for a Tony Award (although she did not play the role when the film was made). Parker also briefly dated her co-star Timothy Hutton during this time.

That same year, Parker was noticed by critics when she appeared in the movie adaptation of another Lucas play, Longtime Companion, one of the first movies to confront AIDS in the public arena. This role was followed by her appearance in 1991's Grand Canyon, which also starred Mary McDonnell, Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard and Kevin Kline. Parker's next film was Fried Green Tomatoes, alongside Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kathy Bates and Cicely Tyson.

1990s

Parker maintained a strong theater presence in the early 1990s, but also built her reputation on the big screen, starring with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in The Client (1994); with John Cusack in Bullets Over Broadway (1994); and with Drew Barrymore and Whoopi Goldberg in Boys on the Side (1995), as a woman with AIDS. Her next role was in a movie adaptation of yet another Craig Lucas play, Reckless (1995), alongside Mia Farrow, followed by Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady (1996), which also starred Nicole Kidman, Viggo Mortensen, Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Barbara Hershey. In addition, she appeared alongside Matthew Modine in Tim Hunter's The Maker (1997).

Parker's theater career continued when she appeared in Paula Vogel's 1997 critical smash How I Learned To Drive, with David Morse. After several independent film releases, she appeared in Let The Devil Wear Black and then a much-lauded^{citation needed} role in The Five Senses (1999).

2001–2003

In 2001, Parker appeared alongside Larry Bryggman in David Auburn's Proof on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award. However, Parker again lost out when the play was made into a film and the role was given to Gwyneth Paltrow. During this period, she left the theater for three years to look for other roles: among them, Red Dragon and Pipe Dream (2002).

Next was a guest role on the NBC drama, The West Wing, as women's rights activist Amelia "Amy" Gardner, which soon became a recurring role as a love interest for Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Lyman. For this role, Parker was nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. During the fifth season, however, Parker became pregnant and her character was written out of the series after appearing in four episodes.

On December 7, 2003, HBO aired an epic six-and-a-half hour adaptation of Tony Kushner's acclaimed Broadway play Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols. The miniseries — about a group of lost souls in New York during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s — was hailed with international critical acclaim. Parker played Harper Pitt, the Mormon Valium-addicted wife of a closeted lawyer, appearing full frontally nude. For her performance, Parker received Golden Globe and Emmy awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries.

2004–2006

In 2004, Parker appeared in the comedy Saved!, and a TV movie called Miracle Run, based on the true story of a mother of two sons with autism, as well as appearing in Craig Lucas' Reckless on Broadway. Parker took the lead role that had been Mia Farrow's on screen. The production, directed by Mark Brokaw, earned Parker another nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actress in 2005.

Parker returned to The West Wing in several guest appearances in 2005 and 2006, the show's final season, portraying the Director of Legislative Affairs under the President-elect Matt Santos.

In 2005, Parker took on the lead role in the television series Weeds, a Showtime comedy-drama. Parker's character, Nancy Botwin, is a suburban mother who, following the death of her husband, decides to sell marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her community reputation. She stars alongside Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, and her Angels in America co-star Justin Kirk. The show currently ended its fifth season, and has been confirmed to return for at least one more season for 2010.

In November 2005, Parker was honored with an exhibition of her career at Boston University, where memorabilia from her career were donated to the University's library. Parker received the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, for her lead role in Weeds. In that category, she defeated the four leads of Desperate Housewives. She dedicated the award to the late John Spencer, best known for his work as Leo McGarry on The West Wing. After receiving the award, Parker stated: "I'm really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I don't think it's that controversial."³

2007–2009

In March 2007, Parker played the lead role in the TV film The Robber Bride. Her next role, Zerelda Mimms, in the Andrew Dominik film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, opened in cinemas in September 2007. Parker appeared alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Garret Dillahunt. In August 2007, Parker continued her role in the third season of Weeds. In July 2007, Parker was nominated for two Emmy Awards, one for Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for playing Zenia Arden in The Robber Bride and the other for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Weeds.

In August 2007, she posed nude for an ad for the third season of Weeds. In the ad, she appears as Eve in the Garden of Eden, with a snake draped around her body and a cannabis leaf behind her ear.⁴

On November 9, 2007, Parker was honored as the Entertainer of the Year by Out Magazine at the Out 100 Awards, which were celebrated in New York City.⁵

Parker appeared in 2008's The Spiderwick Chronicles and in off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons in the New York premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, a new play by Sarah Ruhl, alongside Drama Desk Award Winner Kathleen Chalfant.⁶

She is currently filming the Donna Vermeer film Les Passages alongside Julie Delpy. Following this, she returned to work on the fifth season of Weeds which the season finale aired in September 2009. In the spring of 2009, Parker took the lead role in the upcoming revival of the play Hedda Gabler, which opened to garner a series of bad reviews.⁷

Personal life

On January 7, 2004, Parker gave birth to her first child, William Atticus Parker. The boy's father is actor Billy Crudup, whom Parker met during rehearsals when they co-starred onstage in a 1996 revival of the William Inge play Bus Stop. After nearly eight years together, the couple split when the actress was seven months pregnant. Shortly after, Crudup openly admitted that he was dating actress Claire Danes, whom he met on the set of Stage Beauty. Crudup denies the rumor that the breakup was caused by Danes.

Parker has also dated Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows, with whom she remains close friends, and Timothy Hutton.⁸

In December 2006, Parker began dating actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whom she met on the set of Weeds.⁹ In March 2007, Parker stated that the relationship was "going great."¹⁰ The two briefly split in June 2007, but later reconciled.⁹ On February 12, 2008, Parker and Morgan announced their engagement only to break up again in April 2008.¹¹

In September 2007, Parker adopted a baby girl, Caroline "Ash" Aberash Parker, from Ethiopia.¹²¹³

Works

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Signs of Life	Charlotte
1990	Longtime Companion	Lisa
1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Ruth Jamison
	Grand Canyon	Dee
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Rita
	Naked in New York	Joanne White
1994	Bullets Over Broadway	Ellen
	The Client	Dianne Sway
1995	Reckless	Pooty
	Boys on the Side	Robin
1996	The Portrait of a Lady	Henrietta Stackpole
1997	Murder in Mind	Caroline Walker
	The Maker	Officer Emily Peck
1998	Goodbye Lover	Peggy Blane
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Julia Hirsch
	The Five Senses	Rona	Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
2002	Red Dragon	Molly Graham
	The Quality of Mercy	Sarah Richardson
	Pipe Dream	Toni Edelman
2004	Saved!	Lillian
	The Best Thief in the World	Sue Zaidman
2006	Romance & Cigarettes	Constance Murder
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Zee James
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Helen Grace
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Ryan's Hope
1988	Too Young the Hero	Pearl Spencer
1994	A Place for Annie	Linda
1995	Sugartime	Phyllis McGuire
1998	Saint Maybe	Lucy Dean Bedloe
	Legalese	Rica Martin
1999	The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn	Dr. Valerie Crane
2000	Cupid & Cate	Cate DeAngelo
2001-2006	The West Wing	Amy Gardner	Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series (2002) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2003)
2002	Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story	Bonnie Hanssen
2003	Angels in America	Harper Pitt	Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2004	Miracle Run	Corrine Morgan-Thomas
2005	Vinegar Hill	Ellen Grier
2005-present	Weeds	Nancy Botwin	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006) Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2005) Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008, 2009) Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Drama Diva Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006, 2008) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2007, 2009)
2007	The Robber Bride	Zenia	Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

Theatre

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Prelude to a Kiss	Rita	Nominated — Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1996	Bus Stop	Cherie
2000	Proof	Catherine	Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
2004	Reckless	Rachel	Nominated — Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
2009	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Tesman

Other

Parker has written for Esquire.¹⁴

Awards

Out Magazine's Out 100 Awards

• 2007 - Entertainer of the Year

High Times Stony Awards

• 2007 - Best Actress

References

External links

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Awards for Mary-Louise Parker v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Tammy Blanchard (2001) · Stockard Channing (2002) · Gena Rowlands (2003) · Mary-Louise Parker (2004) · Jane Alexander (2005) · Kelly Macdonald (2006) · Judy Davis (2007) · Eileen Atkins (2008) · Shohreh Aghdashloo (2009) Complete list: (1979–2000) · (2001–present) v • d • e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Kirstie Alley (1990) · Candice Bergen (1991) · Roseanne Barr (1992) · Helen Hunt (1993) · Helen Hunt (1994) · Cybill Shepherd (1995) · Helen Hunt (1996) · Calista Flockhart (1997) · Jenna Elfman (1998) · Sarah Jessica Parker (1999) · Sarah Jessica Parker (2000) · Sarah Jessica Parker (2001) · Jennifer Aniston (2002) · Sarah Jessica Parker (2003) · Teri Hatcher (2004) · Mary-Louise Parker (2005) · America Ferrera (2006) · Tina Fey (2007) · Tina Fey (2008) Complete List · (1969–1989) · (1990–present) v • d • e Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Piper Laurie (1990) · Amanda Donohoe (1991) · Joan Plowright (1992) · Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1993) · Miranda Richardson (1994) · Shirley Knight (1995) · Kathy Bates (1996) · Angelina Jolie (1997) · Faye Dunaway/Camryn Manheim (1998) · Nancy Marchand (1999) · Vanessa Redgrave (2000) · Rachel Griffiths (2001) · Kim Cattrall (2002) · Mary-Louise Parker (2003) · Anjelica Huston (2004) · Sandra Oh (2005) · Emily Blunt (2006) · Samantha Morton (2007) · Laura Dern (2008) Complete List · (1970-1989) · (1990-present) v • d • e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Mary-Louise Parker (2001) · Lindsay Duncan (2002) · Vanessa Redgrave (2003) · Phylicia Rashād (2004) · Cherry Jones (2005) · Cynthia Nixon (2006) · Julie White (2007) · Deanna Dunagan (2008) · Marcia Gay Harden (2009) Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

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NAME	Parker, Mary-Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH